People in mountainous district of Nghe An donate thousands of square meters of land to expand National Highway
(Baonghean.vn) - National Highway 15 from Do Luong to Tan Ky town is narrow and often has traffic accidents. After the road expansion plan was approved, 75 households donated their land to facilitate the road's early completion.
Coming to Tan Ky today, visitors are surprised to see that Highway 15, the section entering the roundabout at milestone 0 (town), is spacious, with smooth asphalt, bustling houses and shops on both sides, no longer the narrow, winding, and unsafe traffic conditions as before. In particular, the road width has been widened from 5.5m to 9m, including the drainage ditch, the road is now 12m wide.
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| National Highway 15 from Truong Dong to Tan Ky town has been widened thanks to land donations from local people. Photo: Tran Chau |
Secretary of Tan Ky Town Party Committee Dang Ba Hung said: After the provincial leaders and sectors came to work in Tan Ky district, they realized that the traffic here still had many shortcomings, especially the narrow road section at the entrance to the town while the traffic was heavy, so the province had a policy to allow Tan Ky district to establish a road expansion project.
In the context of a difficult budget, with only funding for road construction and no compensation for site clearance, from the district to the town, the ideological work has been done well, mobilizing people to understand the values when the road is expanded, so all 75 households living on both sides of the road have agreed to give up their land, move back their gates and yards.
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| Tan Ky district leaders discuss with Tan Ky town residents about people's lives after the road expansion. Photo: Tran Chau |
In just 3 months of construction and mobilization, the road has been completed, creating a new look for the town and making travel very convenient. Mr. Le Duc That, living in Block 1 of Tan Ky town, said: "My family has a breakfast shop, when the policy was announced, I immediately agreed. Before, the road was bad, dusty in the summer, and puddles of water in the rain, but now there is a nice road, and the shops are more crowded because customers have parking space."
Many households donated large areas of land, such as Mr. Dang Dinh Chi's family donating 200 m2.2, Nguyen Dinh Thanh donated 300 m2, Tran Vinh Quang donated 300 m2.
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| The Truong Dong Tan Ky section has just been widened and straightened to ensure traffic safety. Photo: Tran Chau |
The total area of land donated by people for the road is more than 3,000 m2, market value is 5 billion VND. Currently, Tan Ky district is promoting the construction of a lighting system on National Highway 15A, from the top of Truong Dong slope to the Ho Chi Minh road roundabout after the state has invested in upgrading the road surface.
